2008 Formula BMW Americas season

The 2008 Formula BMW Americas season was the fifth season of Formula BMW Americas, formerly Formula BMW USA, an open wheel racing series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing.

The championship was mainly raced in USA, the only exceptions are in June for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and in November for the Brazilian Grand Prix, both as a Formula One support race. The series crowned champion Alexander Rossi.[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
Jensen Motorsport 2 Velibor Jovanovic R 1–2
Corey Dalenberg 5
Amir Nasr Racing 6 Felipe Nasr R 7
12 Lucas Foresti R 7
EuroInternational 7 Ricardo Favoretto 1–4
Adrien Tambay G 5
Alfonso Toledeno 6–7
9 Giancarlo Vilarinho R All
16 Alexander Rossi All
29 David Ostella R All
Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 Maxime Pelletier 1-5
17 Mikaël Grenier R All
19 Alexandre Ruiz R All
20 Jorge Gonzalvez All
Euro Junior Team 11 Daniel Juncadella G 2, 4, 7
Atlantic Racing 14 Asad Rahman G R 2, 4
66 Oliver Millroy G R 2, 7
Team Autotecnica 15 Doru Sechelariu G 2
32 William Buller G 2
50 Gianmarco Raimondo R All
53 Gabby Chaves G 5
70 Ricardo Favoretto 5–7
Integra Motorsports 18 Mihai Marinescu G 2
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 17 May Alexander Rossi David Ostella Gianmarco Raimondo Team Autotecnica
R2 18 May Ricardo Favoretto Alexander Rossi Gianmarco Raimondo Team Autotecnica
2 R1 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 8 June Ricardo Favoretto Gianmarco Raimondo Ricardo Favoretto EuroInternational
R2 9 June Gianmarco Raimondo Mikaël Grenier Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
3 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 21 June Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 22 June Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
4 R1 Lime Rock Park 11 July Cancelled
R2 12 July Ricardo Favoretto Alexander Rossi Daniel Juncadella EuroInternational
R3 Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
5 R1 Road America 8 August Alexander Rossi Adrien Tambay Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 9 August Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R3 10 August Mikaël Grenier Gabby Chaves Adrien Tambay Apex-HBR Racing Team
6 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park 27 September Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 28 September Alexander Rossi Giancarlo Vilarinho Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R3 Cancelled
7 R1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 November Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational
R2 2 November Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi Alexander Rossi EuroInternational

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver LAG
 CGV
 MOH
 LIM
 ROA
 NJM
 INT
 Pts
1 Alexander Rossi 10 2 3 1 1 1 C 5 1 1 1 11 1 1 C 1 1 250
2 Ricardo Favoretto 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 C 2 2 8 5 4 7 9 C 11 4 153
3 Gianmarco Raimondo 1 1 2 Ret 7 8 C 4 3 10 7 Ret 3 6 C 6 5 134
4 Mikaël Grenier 3 8 DSQ 10 6 4 C 7 4 3 9 2 8 2 C 3 Ret 126
5 Alexandre Ruiz 5 4 Ret 5 4 6 C 9 9 4 3 3 5 4 C 9 9 118
6 Giancarlo Vilarinho 8 5 7 2 9 3 C 10 8 5 10 5 2 3 C 4 Ret 116
7 Jorge Goncalvez 6 6 6 4 5 9 C 8 Ret 6 6 6 6 5 C Ret 11 90
8 Maxime Pelletier 4 3 DSQ 11 3 5 C 3 6 9 11 8 77
9 David Ostella 7 9 Ret DSQ 8 7 C 6 5 11 8 7 4 7 C 12 8 64
10 Felipe Nasr 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 5 3 25
11 Velibor Jovanovic 9 7 9 7 000 000 20
12 Alfonso Toledano 9 8 C 7 7 19
13 Lucas Foresti 10 10 6
14 Corey Dalenberg 12 Ret 9 4
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Daniel Juncadella 4 Ret C 1 7 2 2
Adrien Tambay 2 2 1
Oliver Millroy Ret 6 8 6
Doru Sechelariu 8 3
Gabby Chaves 7 4 10
Mihai Marinescu 5 Ret
Asad Rahman 10 8 C 11 Ret
William Buller 12 9
Pos Driver LAG
 CGV
 MOH
 LIM
 ROA
 NJM
 INT
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

References
  1. "Millville round 14 race summary". motorsport.com. 2008-09-28. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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